Fly Fishing For Trout

I love fishing for speckled or brook trout, they are so much fun and very tasty. I do prefer fly fishing for trout over just using my spinning rod, although I wouldn’t turn down a day on the water using my spinning rod. Trout are just too much fun.

However, there is just something that makes fishing more exciting for me when I’m the one who did the fly tying of the artificial fly that trout is fighting for.

Take Time To Read The Water

When I am fishing I tend to jump right in and get going so I have to continually remind myself to stop and check things out before disturbing the water. Bring a nice beverage and have a seat. Then just watch what’s going on in and around the water. The fish will still be there 5 or 10 minutes from now and who knows you may see some action you would have missed had you just started fishing.

Trout have predators that don’t actually live in the water so they have to be aware of their surroundings. Look for places that a trout could hide yet able to zip in and out to grab any treats going by.

• Under cut banks
• Behind rocks in the current
• Under logs, brush and anything that gives them protection from what’s above the water.

Matching The Hatch

Knowing what the trout are eating before you start fishing will give you the opportunity to tie on a fly that represents what’s hatching or what they are possibly eating right now.

• Watch what is floating down stream
• What insects are flying around the surface
• What’s hiding under the rocks on the stream bottom
• What’s hanging around the bank ready to fall in

Fy Fishing For Trout Works Best When You’re Stealthy

The trout, like most every fish at some point in their lives, have to be aware of everything going on around them or they become dinner. So, knowing this you need to keep a low profile and don’t be waving your fly rod casting shadows on the water.

I can be stealthy but an old friend took me to a new secret hot spot, which is a spot that I had fished many times before, just never caught any big trout.

Well he crawled up to the water and made a cast from behind a tree and BAM trout on. He caught an 18 inch brook trout on the very first cast and I had never even seen a trout that big there in all the years I had fished there.

Learning to be stealthy can make fly fishing for trout more productive and even more fun.